[ On the 14th, Kaneki will be leaving a box with home-made chocolate in order to celebrate the White Day. He will leave a small note saying "Happy White Day" neatly written in Japanese, along with his signature.
[ Westerns really should adopt White Day as a holiday, chocolate companies would make so much money ]
It's a Japanese holiday, one month right after Valentine's day.
In Japan,during Valentine's Day, women present gifts as an expression of love, courtesy, gratitude or social obligation. On White Day, the reverse happens: men are the ones giving gifts.
It's usually gender related - women give gifts to men, and men give gifts to women - but I don't see need for that.
[ like back in the submarine, for keeping an eye on eye. For still not really treating him as a monster. Miles would be surprised how much that actually means to Kaneki. ]
[ Perhaps less surprised than Kaneki might think. It is where Miles' thoughts go to immediately. ]
I know rather a lot about being seen as different. Defects such as mine are usually cause for infanticide, if I'd been born on Barrayar. They don't take kindly to those of us that survive anyway.
It's cultural, primarily. They came through a nuclear holocaust originally, and then fought more nuclear wars shortly after returning to the galactic stage. Mutations of any sort are heavily discriminated against.
[ Ah, there's the piece of information he needed. There's a pause as Miles stares at the text, not able to line this up with what he knows of his facetwin. ]
Hermann has been here for months. Maybe even a year.
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He promises there are no people in it )8 ]
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... He decides to just send Ken a text. ]
I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with this holiday. But thank you regardless.
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It's a Japanese holiday, one month right after Valentine's day.
In Japan,during Valentine's Day, women present gifts as an expression of love, courtesy, gratitude or social obligation. On White Day, the reverse happens: men are the ones giving gifts.
It's usually gender related - women give gifts to men, and men give gifts to women - but I don't see need for that.
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Courtesy chocolate then, eh? Unless this is a declaration of love.
[ Teasing, teasing. ]
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Courtesy and gratitude, yes.
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... Gratitude? What for?
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[ like back in the submarine, for keeping an eye on eye. For still not really treating him as a monster. Miles would be surprised how much that actually means to Kaneki. ]
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I know rather a lot about being seen as different. Defects such as mine are usually cause for infanticide, if I'd been born on Barrayar. They don't take kindly to those of us that survive anyway.
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People always find ways to hate someone for no reason at all.
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... Unfortunately, I think you would not like Barrayar very much
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I wanted to speak to you about something else. I've met someone who has your face.
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[ Talking about Hermann, not Mark, though that is, perhaps, not obvious... ]
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But Kaneki already knows (has seen) Herman. So there are... three people with the same face. ]
I can't say much for his personality, he was having a panic attack.
But if you know about him, then that's good. Easier, too.
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[ And why wasn't Newt there? He makes a note to send the scientists a message later. ]
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Maybe it was because he was in a whole new world? It cane be very overwhelming for newcomers.
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Hermann has been here for months. Maybe even a year.
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It was someone named "Peter". He is a new imPort, at least that's what he told me.
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